The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 1997
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
9:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 126.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.45° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.13° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.